Lot 532
Humphrey Bogart and Busby Berkeley Signed Warner Brothers Contracts, Rare. Two legends of Warner Brothers Studios, signatures on signed letters of agreement on studio letterhead each measuring 11" x 8½". First Humphrey Bogart, their greatest male star whose classics include Casablanca, The Maltese Falcon, The Big Sleep, To Have and Have Not, Key Largo, Treasure of the Sierra Madre and High Sierra. Here in a signed contract dated August 13, 1947, Bogart agrees to an appearance in a film Always Together which indeed was made and he appears as himself but uncredited. This letter of agreement stipulates that this brief appearance does not count against the number of films Bogart had agreed to star for Warner Brothers signed a year earlier. Bogart's signature is bold written in black fountain pen. Comes with contemporary photo post card of a 1944 portrait of Bogart. Another titan on the Warner Brothers lot was Busby Berkeley, here agreeing to his newly contracted services in November of 1932 after his completion of the huge production and classic Warner Brothers musical 42nd Street. Both contracts on original Warner Brothers letterhead and are in excellent condition.
Estimated Value $1,500 - 2,500.
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| Realized $900 |
